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FI whatever caused the delay in the 3-rings releasing affected the non-RSL riser less and the RSL riser left and activated the reserve with the other 3-ring still attached, it could have created a main-reserve entanglement. Derek
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I wasn't trying to take a jab at PA, just trying to explain that PD's pack volume isn't much more per sq. ft. than any other reserve. As for the Smart, that is only my opinion, for what it is worth.
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I think you could be screwed then, since your cutaway handle is usually a pillow. Derek
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No. Exactly why it wasn't attached. Not real slowe, but noticably slower than froma partial mal. I went to pull the reserve, but stopped when I realized the main was taking it's sweet time leaving. Wasn't long at all, as I'm sure I was experiencing time-compression. I can only guess that the less drag of a bag lock and maybe the 3-ring maint hadn't been done in a while. Derek
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That is an unfair jab at PD. The PDR's are all the same, but when they added newer sizes, they TSO standards had been updated. So if the new ones passed TSO C23D, stands to reason the older sizes would too. If the Smart had metal slider stops and 6 of them instead of 4, I would recommend it as a good reserve. Derek
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Sq. Footage. Derek
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Their pack volume is similar ro other reserves of the same sq. footage. Not all reserves are measured the same. For example, a Micro-Raven 109-M is smaller than a PD-106R. Derek
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On the tandem where I had a bag lock, I had to delay the reserve pull because the main was slow in leaving after pulling the cutaway handle. If you do not have the time/altitude to delay after cutting away, you either pulled too low or rode a mal for too long. Work pull altitudes in revere, starting at what al;titude you want to be under your reserve. Many people are surprised at how little time (or don't leave enough time) they leave themselves when they work the problem in reverse. Derek
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Habits from skydiving that cross-over to other areas of life?
Hooknswoop replied to HeatherB's topic in The Bonfire
When I was diving for aliving, I caught myself checking for my PC handle after throwing on my tanks a few times. You should probably work on that, as you are saying to yourself something you should check and then don't check it. Bad habit that could tranfer over to not checking something else. Just a thought. Derek -
PD. Ever hear of one blowing up/coming apart? Can't say that for a lot of other reserves. Flight Concepts' reserrves are built very tough also, but the penalty is a very large pack volume. PD's are very strong without a large pack volume penalty. Derek
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They aren't good or bad. Metal and soft reserve handles have advantages and disadvantages. You have to decide which is more appropriate for you. The easier you make a handle to grab, the easier it is to snag. The harder you make a handle to snag, the harder it is to grip. I figure, go with the design that is hardest to snag, but you can still get a solid grip on, whichever handle that may be for you. Remember, pillows for cutaway handles have worked for a long time and the cutaway handle is usually harder to pull than the reserve handle. Derek
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Almost Quit Jumping -- Need Motivation!
Hooknswoop replied to jumpgod's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Skydiving ain't everything. Derek -
If the 'joint' where the tubing connects to its self to make an "O" is not on the bag side or in other words, positioned so that it can't go through a rommet, it can cause a bag lock. Derek
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So the double-stowed rubber bads created a bag lock when they didn't break and brutally hard openings when they did? Also, line dump does not create hard openings, bag strip does. I would rather have a bag lock from a tube stow not breraking and, for whatever reason, the lines not coming out of it, than having abrutally hard opening that may injure me, destroy the main, and cause a reserve ride anyway. Derek
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Get your rigger's ticket
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As I discovered, most people won't take a stand and will let those who do fall by the wayside. Wouldn't want to jeopardize their skydiving for a little thing like safety, now would we? As noble as your sentiments are, even if a DZ is unsafe, voicing those issues WILL have consequences. I have been very vocal about safety concerns. I am sure I would be unwelcome at a number of DZ’s because of it. Posting anonymously will cause people to think you are simply bashing the DZ. Posting under your name will cause most people to believe you had a falling out w/ the DZ and are simply trying to get even. Basically, most people won’t believe you and those of those that will, most won’t care. Derek
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I agree w/ all 3 of your points. I do think that people, whether they fear it or not, pay for even honest, safety-based negativity towards a DZ. I think other people see this and remain quiet for fear being treated the same as the person that voiced an opinion. Remember, like even USPA admits on their web page, “No organization rates the relative safety of skydiving schools.” If skydivers don’t share this information, they will have to learn the hard way at a new DZ and DZO’s will have no motivation to fix deficiencies. Derek
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I agree and figure they meant a bag lock. Reverse risers are a bad idea regardless of the positionof the large ring. Derek
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Jumpers tend to drop their left shoulder when pitching the PC which loads up the left riser more than the right. Derek
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http://www.prueferverband.de/Service/Packanweisungen/SF1PIN_MANUAL.PDF Pg 25 of 38 shows the RSL installation. Apparently yours is installed correctly. That installation presents a major snag hazard. I would re-think having that RSL installed. It is also attached to the left riser, which is the more likely riser to break of the two. I really think that is a very bad RSL set-up. Derek
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Is that a standard RSL set-up for the Tear drop? That looks like a major snag hazard, too easy to accidently fire your reserve. I haven't packed a Tear-Drop, but that RSL looks very wrong. At this point I am willing to bet that it is installed incorrectly. If it isn't, it is a horrible RSL set up. Do you have the manual for your rig? Derek
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If the RSL-side riser releases and the main is out and inflated, it will pull the reserve ripcord. In the U.S , the maximum allowable reserve rip-cord pull force is 22-pounds (minus the seal). This isn't very much. If the main leaves and is inflated, it will rip the reserve pin and maybe the the whole ripcord out off of the rig. Remember, your body weight will besuspended from the main with only the RSL holding that weight. If you put your body weight on your RSL lanyard, it will pull the reserve. All that being said, RSL's do have down sides. Derek
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Mirage G4, reserve container multifictional
Hooknswoop replied to spirit's topic in Gear and Rigging
Had the maint been done to the Cypres? Did the jumper land near a radiation source? (radio, radar, etc) Are you sure the Cypres cut the loop and not a sharp-edged grommet? Derek -
I've seen them. I think it is a great idea and helps to disprove the "must have tight line stows" and "line dump=hard opening" theories. Derek
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I agree. It would be very difficult to name a DZ as the worst in the country. My point was people refrain from saying ANYTHING negative about a DZ because of fear of reprisal. Derek